Aghalee mum ordered to pay £16k or face jail

A single mum from Aghalee has been ordered to pay more than £16k or face jail after pleading guilty to benefits fraud.
By The Newsroom
Published 19th Jan 2015, 11:36 BST
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Angela Jordan (47) of Meadowvale Court was handed a Confiscation Order to the value of £16,099 at Craigavon Magistrates Court on Friday following a case by the Social Security Agency Financial Investigation Unit.

Ms Jordan had claimed Income Support on the basis she was a lone parent and had no other source of income and Jobseekers Allowance on the basis she was unemployed.

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During her claim to benefit the defendant failed to declare that she was employed. Due to her failure to report her true circumstances she received £13,546 in benefits she was not entitled to over a five year period.

The defendant on 1 July 2014 pleaded guilty to four charges of dishonesty.

At the confiscation hearing the Court granted a Confiscation Order in amount of £16,099 with a six month prison sentence in default of non-payment. She has until 15 July 2015 to satisfy the order.